Monday, November 5, 2012

Giant Bats!

﻿ Giant bats are vicious, evil beasts that hunger for blood! They have two special rules, "Fly" and "Blinding swarm", both useful for a Moria force full with small Goblin warriors. I have two such swarms, which are a nice touch to my army. I painted them based on the photos I found on the internet, brown bodies and dark-grey wings. I added some dwarfish gear to their bases to make them somehow attractive and to avoid the "twin" effect. To achieve the later, I assigned the rear side of one miniature to be its front by placing the two-handed axe there, while the other one has the shield on its front. Here are the photos:

Nice job, cute critters ;-) - I do like their maneuverability in the game, combined with their bat swarm effect in combat, and the number of hits they can take before they are 'dispersed'. A very useful unit to take.

Truly good job on those. The idea of assigning a front side to avoid the twin effect works totally. I didn't realize it was the same model at first.Somehow the colours you have used, remind me of what I have seen on this manufacturer website: http://otherworldminiatures.co.uk/I am confident you'll love their minis, if you don't know them already ;-)